Contract and Scape

Contract

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

Scape is an antonym for contract.

Scape

Scape verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high

Contract is an antonym for scape.
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